John Thorburn

Law, politics, education. Views expressed are my own.

[John Thorburn @thorbu7]

@erinotoole @USAmbCanada No surpise here. 51st state, etc.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Who are the masked cowards who call themselves the “Patriot Front”?

They’re exactly who you think they are.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel executed Walid today in the occupied West Bank with a bullet to the head.

He was only 16 years old.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Lebanon is being ethnically cleansed by Israel while world leaders stay silent.

[John Thorburn @thorbu7]

@amandacarpenter « Appaling ». Perhaps you mean « appalling ». But you do live in Trump’s America.

[John Thorburn @thorbu7]

@glenn_tunes Imagine Trump’s America ?

[Papa Leone XIV @Pontifex_it]

I morti nel Mediterraneo sono vittime sia di decisioni prese, sia di decisioni mancate: il disinteresse per il bene comune e la corruzione nei luoghi di provenienza, un sistema economico mondiale che genera povertà ed esclusione, la paura che alimenta pregiudizi e disprezzo, l’idea che tali problemi non ci riguardano, i calcoli criminali di chi lucra sul dramma altrui, il lento e difficile passaggio da una mera gestione delle emergenze all’elaborazione di politiche organiche e condivise. #VisitaPastorale #Lampedusa

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

The Trump Administration wanted Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States for our 250th anniversary.

Instead, he visited the Italian migrant island of Lampedusa and lifted up the plight of those who undertake a dangerous journey to new lands in search of a better future for their children.

[John Thorburn @thorbu7]

@Martina I am not American, but this looks like MAGA.

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

Distinguished Columbia Univ. Prof. Jeff Sachs on what "from the river to the sea" means:

"Likud's founding charter says that from the river to the sea there will only be Israeli sovereignty... That's the formal program of the party that Netanyahu leads."

[stranger @strangerous10]

David Pocock pauses, overcome with emotion, while detailing UN’s horrific findings against Israel
“IDF has now killed 20,000 Palestinian children”
“…deliberately shot at children’s limbs…as a twisted game of target practice”😔
Barbaric & sickening. This is our ally?

[Books Behind Borders @MHTruthUltra]

The reason the world is upset with Israel is because of the 700,000+ innocent Palestinians they’ve murdered.

It’s not because they’re Jewish. Hope that helps.

[John Thorburn @thorbu7]

@RachelBitecofer The 11 stars on Trump’s eagle are for the Confederate states (slave-holding states).

[John Thorburn @thorbu7]

@LePapillonBlu2 Yes, but the 11 stars is for the confederate (former slave) states. Not Naziism.

[John Thorburn @thorbu7]

@JamieBonkiewicz The 11 stars on the Trump eagle are for the confederate (former slave) states. The Eagle looks a lot like Hitler’s Nazi symbol. Wow.

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

What is Doug Ford hiding?

“The Ford government is officially shutting down a freedom of information request to access government calls on the premier’s personal cellphone records, formalizing a transparency clampdown it announced in March.” #onpoli
https://t.co/Jdv63oBjwN

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

The war in Lebanon has reached a point where it can no longer be described as anything other than genocide.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel is burning civilian homes in Beit Yahoun and Ayta el-Jabal, South Lebanon.

Not military targets.

Civilian homes. Families’ homes. Entire neighborhoods.

This is what Israel calls a “peace agreement.”

[John Thorburn @thorbu7]

@TheRickWilson I heard he stopped doing that.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

HOST: Do you think Trump is pro-Russian?

APPLEBAUM: I think he's pro-Putin. He admires leaders who have no checks and balances, who aren't part of democratic system, who are in control of the media.

He also had very long business relationship with Russians. They were among the most important investors in his apartments in the 1990s and 2000s.

He also has kind of idealized image of Russia. Funnily enough, I don't think it has anything to do with conservative values.

I think it's just because he likes this strongman ideal. And because he's grateful to Russians for having built his business, and maybe because he expects to do business with Russia in the future.